nice weekend

it's been a nice weekend. friday, caden and i went over to my parents house and gave my mom a perm. caden was very helpful with the process, handing me rollers, papers, picks, and laughing at grammie when we put the foam on her head! it was a very nice evening. today, chris let me sleep late-very late actually, and then caden and i went to jess's house to celebrate heather's birthday with them and all the aunts. jess's dad left this morning only to be replaced with the aunts. it was very fun and caden had a great time. he was very shy initally as usual, but soon warmed right up and was playing and talking to just about everyone. the aunts even said how much more talkative he was this time versus the last time that they saw him. heather got some nice presents and got a beautiful music box and bracelet from her mom which was an emotional and very special moment. much laughter along with a few tears made for a very nice afternoon.
i do have some exciting news though...i went and visited with a place friday that is called "life balance health and wellness" here in emporia which specializes in weight loss and management. the program is very similar to one that i participated in for a while in topeka, and is expensive but less so than going to topeka every week. so after discussing it with chris and figuring out the financial piece we've decided to go for it! the exercise is going great and has been, but i need something more. and weight watchers here just doesn't seem to do it for me. plus, to keep motivated i need to see some significant results early on and with the other program that i did before getting pregnant with caden, i dropped 40 pounds pretty darn quick. this program here uses many of the same foods which i thought were generally pretty good, definately do-able, and i have 1 year to get the weight off before we go back to iowa for in vitro again. i have a lot to lose so i'm getting very serious!! it's very exciting to me! so that's what i know for now. off to bed...